Quick Hands
David Wilson (68)
There are also inherent risks in taking quick taps. Particularly if you take the quick tap and run into an opponent. As I understand the laws, provided the opponent is retiring and the contact was as a result of the player with the ball running into him it is play on. As long as the defending player is retiring, he can also be put on side by a member of his own team who was onside.
Continually taking quick taps, particularly when the referee has lost the plot, will not guarantee you 2 bites at the cherry, i.e. taking it quickly and running into an opponent, hoping that if you don't score, you'll get another penalty.
Law21.8 (c)
Kick taken quickly. If the free kick is taken so quickly that opponents have no opportunity to retire, they will not be penalised for this. However, they must continue to retire as described in 21.8(b) above or until a team-mate who was 10 metres from the mark has run in front of them, before they take part in the game.
Law 21.9
If the referee believes that the kicker’s team has contrived an infringement by their opponents, the referee does not award a further penalty but allows play to continue.
Continually taking quick taps, particularly when the referee has lost the plot, will not guarantee you 2 bites at the cherry, i.e. taking it quickly and running into an opponent, hoping that if you don't score, you'll get another penalty.
Law21.8 (c)
Kick taken quickly. If the free kick is taken so quickly that opponents have no opportunity to retire, they will not be penalised for this. However, they must continue to retire as described in 21.8(b) above or until a team-mate who was 10 metres from the mark has run in front of them, before they take part in the game.
Law 21.9
If the referee believes that the kicker’s team has contrived an infringement by their opponents, the referee does not award a further penalty but allows play to continue.